Aging and acclaimed writer Walter has died by his own hand. He leaves behind three wives, a friend, and a very large, very un-neutered Great Dane: Apollo. How Apollo (Bing) came to Walter (Bill Murray) is part of Walter’s mythology. … Continue reading THE FRIEND
It opens with a dark figure running from a pretty nasty-looking ghost. He ain’t afraid of no ghost, but he should be. Because once that ghost gets him, it’s lights out. The man, a hermit who lived in a big … Continue reading GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE
Wes Anderson’s cinematic style did not appear fully formed. It took a few movies over five years before Anderson locked in on formal compositions, planimetric framing, cuts along the 90-degree axis, diorama-esque interiors, Richard Scarry-like landscapes, idiosyncratic dialogue, peculiar characters, … Continue reading THE FRENCH DISPATCH
On Tuesday, Jan. 12, the Denver Film Critics Society—16 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their nominees for the best of 2020. In total, 42 movies received nominations with Minari … Continue reading And the nominees are…
Humanity has reached a dead-end, and it’s fracking that did it. In real life, maybe, but in writer/director Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die, definitely. Fracking the polar ice caps—which doesn’t sound that far-fetched—has thrown the Earth off its axis and … Continue reading THE DEAD DON’T DIE
One of the great pleasures of living in Boulder is once again upon us with the 69th iteration of the Conference on World Affairs (CWA). For the uninitiated, the conference is a weeklong discussion of “all things conceivable,” as the … Continue reading Democracy in the Dark: Josh Larsen to Host Ebert Interruptus at the Conference on World Affairs
Zombieland has a lot of fun with its premise. Our hero and narrator is not a rugged and resourceful alpha male, but the scrawny and timid Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), a character who might seem more at home in a Woody Allen … Continue reading ZOMBIELAND
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